I don't run a heater in the summer, but it's been in the 20's-30's here at night, and the heater has been off for approx 5 days, fluctuating each day. It's really cold in the Garage. We'll see, I can only hope!

Drew's been out of town since Thursday and will be home on Wednesday. I checked on the tank Friday and fed them, and made sure everything was ok.
Last night I went out to the Garage (where the tank is for a few more weeks until our 110 is cycled) and noticed a layer of brown algae on everything, and my beautiful huge rbta was way smaller, and brighter pink than normal. I checked the temp and it was in the 60's!!! I checked the heater and it had came unplugged. I plugged it back in.
I just rechecked the tank and none of the corals are out/open, the algae was covering everything, and the tank looked bad. I am not sure how long the heater had been unplugged, and how many times the temp had fluctuated and gotten lower! I am pretty sure I lost pretty much everything, including our huge green pipe organ.
I am so upset!! Drew is going to be furious with me! Looks like we'll be starting from scratch with our new tank, except fish. grr! (flame)
Moral of the story; CHECK YOUR TANK EVERY DAY!! (sad)(sad)(sad)

It's alive!!! After much deliberation, we decided to paint the stand black. We sanded it down and applied about 5 coats of paint, and then sealed the inside with a outdoor deck paint with mildewacide added to it, for added protection. The doors have also been painted, however, we need new hinges, as the others were corroded. We will get the hood painted this week.
We didn't realize we had so much sand sitting in buckets, so we have a nice sand bed going on already!
Sneak peak!
Sorry for the not-so-great pictures, they were taken with my iPhone. Please don't look at the messy house